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. 2020 Apr 28;20:129. doi: 10.1186/s12909-020-02032-5

Table 2.

Mean and SD of SWLS by current teaching status, practice setting, and board certification of 125 specialists

N % SWLS
Mean SD
F p-value
Current Country 0.268 0.605
 Practice in the U.S. 63 50.4% 4.13 0.72
 Practice in Taiwan 61 48.8% 4.07 0.67
 Elsewhere 1 0.8%
Current Teaching Status 1.445 0.233
 Full Time 34 27.2% 4.29 0.65
 Paid Part Time 20 16.0% 4.25 0.52
 Unpaid Part Time 21 16.8% 4.00 0.74
 No Teaching 44 35.2% 4.04 0.69
 Missing 6 4.8%
Current Major Workplace 0.171 0.843
 Private Practice 59 47.2% 4.11 0.69
 Hospital/School 46 36.8% 4.10 0.65
 Both Private & Hospital/School 16 12.8% 4.16 0.58
 Missing 4 3.2%
American Board Certification 0.714 0.400
 Board Certified 58 46.4% 4.19 0.66
 Board Eligible 62 49.6% 4.09 0.67
 Missing 5 4.0%
Total 125 4.11 0.69

One way ANOVA was performed on all participants to compare means of between groups. Missing values were deleted from analysis